Running query as root user

src/freedombone-utils-database

@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ function install_mariadb {
     # See http://www.pontikis.net/blog/debian-9-stretch-rc3-web-server-setup-php7-mariadb
     # https://mariadb.com/kb/en/mariadb/unix_socket-authentication-plugin
     function_check run_query
-    run_query mysql "update mysql.user set plugin = '' where User='root'; flush privileges;"
+    run_query_root mysql "update mysql.user set plugin = '' where User='root'; flush privileges;"
 
     mysqladmin -u root password "$MARIADB_PASSWORD"
     mark_completed $FUNCNAME
@@ -285,6 +285,12 @@ function run_query {
     mysql -u root --password="$MARIADB_PASSWORD" -e "$database_query" $database_name
 }
 
+function run_query_root {
+    database_name=$1
+    database_query=$2
+    mysql -e "$database_query" $database_name
+}
+
 function run_query_with_output {
     database_name=$1
     database_query=$2